| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-09 | Bentonville | Ar | LITHKO CONTRACTING LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was steadying a wall form as a tower crane lowered it. The employee's left middle finger was pinched between the ribbed area of the formwork and a clamp. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-07-16 | Bentonville | Arkansas | UNITED INDUSTRIES | Arm(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| While removing material from a blender that had a malfunction, an employee sustained a fracture and laceration to the right arm. | |||||
| 2018-09-20 | Bentonville | Arkansas | Chain Electric Company, Incorporated | Buttock(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee was descending from an electric pole when he stepped into 6-foot tall weeds and fell backward, impaling his left buttock on a metal fence T-post that was covered by the weeds. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-04-09 | Bentonville | Arkansas | WALMART | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was walking down module stairs carrying a tote that was approximately 1.5 feet by 2 feet. On the last stair, she lost her footing and fell, fracturing her left knee and elbow. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-03-14 | Bentonville | Arkansas | WALMART STORES, INC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was descending a ladder in the produce cooler when she missed the bottom rung and fell, striking her head and left knee on the floor. She was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2018-03-14 | Bentonville | Arkansas | United Industries Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a rag to clean grease from the bottom roll of a laminator when a moving roll grabbed the rag and pulled the employee's fingers into the roll. The employee's right index finger had to be surgically amputated at the first joint, and the right middle finger had to be surgically amputated at the second joint. The laminator was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-03-12 | Bentonville | Arkansas | WALMART DC6094 | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell while dismounting his truck and struck his head on the ground, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-10-11 | Bentonville | Arkansas | Crossland Construction Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was cleaning a spray gun. He had mineral spirits in the gun and was adjusting the spray tip when the gun shot the mineral spirits into the skin on one of his fingers. The finger was surgically removed and the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-07-20 | Bentonville | Arkansas | Walmart Distribution Center DC8600 | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was walking down the stairs. When the employee reached the last step to the floor, the employee's right ankle gave out. The employee fell, spraining the right ankle and fracturing the left ankle in three places. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2017-04-25 | Bentonville | Arkansas | Bentonville Plastics Inc | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was servicing a molding press and was using a 4x4 to remove a press screw from inside the machine barrel. The 4x4 moved forward and pinned his right hand against the machine resulting in amputation of the right thumb tip. | |||||
| 2017-04-07 | Bentonville | Arkansas | LaborMax Staffing | Leg(s) | Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was waterproofing culvert boxes. He was trying to cross a 4.5-foot gap between the boxes when he fell backward to the ground and broke his leg. | |||||
| 2017-04-02 | Bentonville | Arkansas | SAMS WEST INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was restocking a freezer using a stand-up forklift. He was turning the forklift and reaching for a product when his left middle finger struck a metal beam, fracturing it. | |||||
| 2017-01-12 | Bentonville | Arkansas | Wiggins, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee and coworker were unloading an electrical cabinet from a box truck when the lift gate jerked, causing the electrical cabinet to shift. The employee lost control of the cabinet and jumped off the lift gate. When he landed he fractured his left femur. | |||||
| 2016-06-22 | Bentonville | Arkansas | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. (UPS) | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was selecting packages from the back of a delivery truck when he started feeling sick. He was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
| 2016-01-17 | Bentonville | Arkansas | Farmers Cooperative | Hand(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
| An employee was bitten by a cat on her left hand while cleaning out the warehouse on 1/15/2016. The wound became infected and the employee was later admitted to the hospital. | |||||
| 2015-12-23 | Bentonville | Arkansas | Oelke Construction Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee climbed onto a trash trailer and was moving materials around when he fell sideways, catching himself with his hand and cutting his thumb on metal. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to repair the cut tendon. | |||||
| 2015-02-20 | Bentonville | Arkansas | Wal-Mart Distribution | Nonclassifiable | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was hauling freight using an industrial truck. The freight became unstable and fell on top of her while she was transporting it. | |||||